Egypt’s General Authority for Healthcare (GAH) and Serbia have agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen bilateral cooperation in healthcare, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical tourism and healthcare capacity building.

The agreement was announced during a meeting between Ahmed El-Sobky, Chairperson of the General Authority for Healthcare, and Miroslav Šestović, Serbia’s Ambassador to Egypt, at the authority’s headquarters in Cairo.

The discussions focused on establishing a long-term institutional partnership to promote technology transfer, knowledge exchange, hospital twinning programmes, medical education, nursing and workforce development.

El-Sobky said the two sides had prepared a comprehensive framework for the planned MoU covering priority areas including primary healthcare planning, hospital management, digital transformation, electronic medical records, artificial intelligence applications in healthcare, pharmaceutical and medical manufacturing, technical cooperation and capacity building.